When Ambassador Lu and others arrived, everyone just walked into the Musée d'Orsay.
No need to ask, the Musée d'Orsay is closed today and does not accept any form of visit.
At this time, the front hall of the museum has been cleared, leaving a large open space.
Some of the Western antique artworks originally displayed here have been moved to other exhibition halls, or simply sent to the vault.
The entire front room was empty, except for the trolleys used to transport antique art and a few tables.
The passages and doors leading to each exhibition hall are cordoned off or locked, prohibiting anyone from entering.
Only the door to the underground vault was open, allowing Xiao Ran to take people to the vault to extract various antique cultural relics and works of art stored here for trading.
Xiao Ran quickly took a look at the situation in the front hall, and then nodded with satisfaction.
"Very well, Lawrence, you've done a good job in your preparations."
"Next, let's start the transaction here, and hope that both of us can get what we want."
After the words fell, Lawrence immediately nodded in response:
"This is exactly what I'm looking forward to. I hope you can come up with more modern and modern Western antique artworks for trading."
“Our art gallery would like to trade some of these artworks to enrich our collection.”
After chatting for a while, Xiao Ran turned to look at Fang Yufei and the others.
"Yufei, you can start working on setting up various equipment for video connection with Beijing."
"Okay, leave these things to us."
Fang Yufei nodded in response and took action immediately.
They opened several suitcases they brought into the museum, took out various equipment and began to arrange them on site.
These devices include several high-definition cameras, lighting equipment, and projectors.
Seeing this scene, Ambassador Lu and many French people were speechless.
They also gained a new understanding of the professionalism of Xiao Ran and his men.
Immediately afterwards, Matthew led three live broadcast teams into the front hall and came over to explain the situation.
These three live broadcast teams are from France Television Station, International Geographical Channel, and American NBC Television Station.
There are only three people in each live broadcast team, namely reporters, lights, and cameramen.
Compared to Fang Yufei and others who are well-equipped, these three live broadcast teams look much shabby.
But they could only accept this result, and they were busy debugging the machines and preparing for the live broadcast.
At this moment, Henry said impatiently:
"Sean, now can you take out the antique artworks used for trading? How about letting everyone appreciate them first?"
"Before the transaction begins, our experts can also conduct an appraisal in advance to determine the authenticity and value of the antique artworks and historical documents."
"Once the Chinese antiques and artworks from the Palace of Fontainebleau and the Guimet Museum arrive, we can start trading immediately."
Xiao Ran looked at this old friend, then smiled and shook his head.
"Don't worry, Henry, we will wait until the Chinese antiques and artworks for trading arrive here, and then we will retrieve the historical documents and antiques stored in the vault."
"You don't have to worry at all about the authenticity of those treasures. Those treasures have never been moved since they were stored in the vault of the Musée d'Orsay. There is no way they are fake."
"On this point, Lawrence can testify. He is the director of the Musée d'Orsay. No one knows this matter better than him."
As he said that, he looked at Lawrence with a smile.
Lawrence could only nod in confirmation.
Seeing this situation, Henry and the others had to wait patiently.
A moment later, Joshua arrived at the art gallery first.
This guy brought eight boxes of different sizes, some were portable safes and some were aluminum suitcases.
After entering the front hall of the museum and greeting everyone, this guy started to introduce the situation.
"Sean, these boxes contain some Chinese antiques and art collected by our family in France. I hope they can catch your eye."
"These Chinese antiques include several bronzes, porcelains, calligraphy and paintings, etc. I believe you will like them."
"In addition to exchanging these Chinese antiques and artworks, I also want to invest in purchasing more Western antiques and artworks. As long as I like the treasures, I want to get them."
Listening to his words, everyone present was envious!
Isn’t this a big dog owner? It’s so damn good to be rich!
When buying antiques and art, you just look at whether you like it or not, not how much it’s worth!
"That couldn't be better, Joshua. I very much welcome a super funder like you to participate in the transaction."
"As long as the Chinese antiques and artworks you bring are genuine and of high quality, I will be very happy to do business with you."
Xiao Ran said with a smile.
At the same time, he was also secretly looking into the treasures brought by Joshua.
As Joshua said, Xiao Ran really likes these antique artworks from China.
Among them, a bronze from the early Warring States period, a light crimson landscape by the famous Yuan Dynasty painter Huang Gongwang, and an enamel plum vase from the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty all made him excited!
But he was not in a hurry to let Joshua open these boxes and take out the treasures in the boxes to appreciate them. That would seem a bit too urgent.
After Joshua finished introducing the situation, everyone continued to chat and waited for the other parties to the transaction.
In less than five minutes, the U.S. Ambassador to France, the Cultural Counselor, and old friends such as Max arrived at the art museum.
Although these Americans are one of the main players in today's transactions, they do not exchange Chinese antiques for art, but purchase them with cash.
After purchasing a large amount of Western antique artworks and gold and silver treasures from Xiao Ran, they would not transport them away immediately, but would temporarily store them in the Musée d'Orsay!
It will take a few days before they will transport away all the antiques, artworks and gold and silver treasures.
In this way, they seemed the most relaxed, and rushed to the art museum with their lawyers and appraisal team in hand.
Following these Americans were Antoine and his brother, as well as two other top French collectors.
Several French guys got together and came together, bringing a total of a dozen large and small boxes.
After passing the security check and entering the front hall of the art museum, Anthony and the others greeted Xiao Ran and others one after another.
Immediately afterwards, Antoine began to accept the situation.
"Sean, what are in these boxes are all collected by our family, as well as Chinese antiques and art that I have collected in the past two days. They are specially used to trade with you."
“The most abundant things here are porcelain, two Buddha heads, and some calligraphy and painting works, etc.”
"The two Old Summer Palace animal heads I called yesterday are packed in one of the boxes..."
Just when this guy was introducing the situation, Xiao Ran quickly looked through these boxes and didn't miss any of them!
In these boxes, he saw a landscape painting by Tang Bohu, a freehand painting by Zhang Daqian with splashes of ink and splash colors, a landscape painting by Zhang Daqian imitating Shi Tao, and a calligraphy by Dong Qichang.
There are also more than a dozen pieces of porcelain including a Ming Zhengde blue and white jade vase, a Southern Song Dynasty Longquan kiln shadow celadon ewer and more.
Of course, there are also the two Old Summer Palace animal heads that Antoine mentioned, packed in a black portable safe.
The moment he saw these two Old Summer Palace beast heads, a hint of surprise flashed across Xiao Ran's eyes.
No need to ask, these two Old Summer Palace beasts are genuine!
Just when Xiao Ran was secretly admiring these treasures through perspective, Marvin's voice suddenly came from the intercom.
"Sean, the escort convoy from Fontainebleau Palace has arrived at the entrance of the art museum!"
Part of "Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains" by Huang Gongwang
